I walked into the Microsoft office in suburban Washington, DC, with the attitude that I—the soldier named Susie—wasn’t really there. Instead, I was Joan of Arc—a young woman who found herself called to fight for a noble cause and who’d have to be an equal to men to do so. Playing this little mind game […]

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"A lot of people, when they think of the military, they’re not necessarily thinking of hurricane response in Florida and Texas and Puerto Rico, or wildfires, or snowstorms, when often, the National Guard is called up for immediate recovery and response. So, we want to show a different side of the military. A lot of people are familiar with the negatives that come along with serving, but not necessarily the positives. We just want to get the facts out there and sort of balance that scale and fix some of the misperceptions that exist out there today." ... See MoreSee Less